topic Change orientation of Displace Element in Revit Architecture Forum

Change orientation of Displace Element

yosh.mader — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 23:27:07 GMT

Does anyone know howIi can change the direction my exploded view will follow? it seems to be following the faces of the view cube but i need it to run parallel with the pipes as shown in the screenshot

Re: Change orientation of Displace Element

barthbradley — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 23:35:15 GMT

Drag that angle sign - not the arrows.

Re: Change orientation of Displace Element

yosh.mader — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 23:38:22 GMT

I know what you mean by displacing it by plane rather than axis but it will still follow the orientation of the view cube in the top right. I need it to move in the same direction as the pipes so then I need to be able to change the orientation of the red axis

Re: Change orientation of Displace Element

barthbradley — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 23:46:13 GMT

The View Cube has nothing to do with displacement. Can't you eyeball it?

...just a thought: do you have any constraints acting on the element you are trying to displace?

Re: Change orientation of Displace Element

yosh.mader — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 23:53:46 GMT

It seems that the view cube is entirely dictating the direction of displacement, or is that just a coincidence? My understanding is the view cube is oriented to Project North therefore Displace element will follow the same orientation.
I can eyeball it but its not very good for large assemblies. How is there not a way to change the orientation of the axes though?

Re: Change orientation of Displace Element

barthbradley — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 00:06:25 GMT

The View Cube Orients the View.

Maybe this will help your understanding:

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2019/ENU/Revit-DocumentPresent/files/GUID-5E76AF3A-00DB-4D4E-8C4F-780678B7E5DB-htm.html

Re: Change orientation of Displace Element

ToanDN — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 16:55:17 GMT

Turn the path to Jogged then drag the displaced element until the jogged segments appear inline. Then you can turn the path back to Straight.

Re: Change orientation of Displace Element

RDAOU — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 20:04:50 GMT

@yosh.mader

not changeable...You control it by:

either Entering the values manually into the X and Y Displacement
or Eyeballing it (as mentioned/implied in previous replies)

X Displacement = ±tan(Ɵ) * Y Displacement

Y Displacement = ±[any desired value]